On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Gavin McCullagh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Sergio Dicandia wrote: > >> No luck with DHCP ... it still doesn't give more than 4 (or 5 at best) >> addresses and then it freezes .... >> I did the tcpdump as suggested, you can find it attached ... > > I think you need to include it in plain text. That attachment seems not to > have made it through the mailing list server. > >> Now I'm thinking to replace the DHCP server, but I need something on the >> server itself, or on a device (the router, maybe) since I cannot ask the >> teacher to: > >> 1- start a service machine (acting as a DHCP server) >> 2 - wait until it's up&running >> 3 - start the server >> 4 - start the TCs > > Since you reported the issue, so did Lars Andersson on ltsp-users. He > found that by placing the DHCP server on a different machine the issue went > away. I'd guess there's an issue with the standard dhcp server on ubuntu. > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=A1777BE3AA0AB44ABADA6FF66BA594ED6C358F0F61%40vkex.vindeln.se&forum_name=ltsp-discuss > > If you want to get this going, I'd suggest a dhcp server on another > machine (it worked for Lars). If you have time to try it, it would be > great if you could try to put a different dhcp server (udhcpd or dnsmasq) > on the thin client server. > >> Way too tricky for people used to switch on a general button and have all >> the PCs running (OK, WindowsME, but) >> What about a router ? I also need to assign fixed IPs to specific MAC >> adddresses to be able to use iTalc ... >> >> :-( I'm very sad about this .... > > You're not alone. But I think we're on the right track now. I know it's > slow, but we'll get it fixed. > > Gavin > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >
FYI: I just booted my lab of 32 Dell Optiplexes into Intrepid LTSP fatclients. All clients got DHCP leases and booted up to the gdm screen. I turned each machine on myself with approximately a one second delay. Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
